WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman says that Dillian Whyte is welcome to fight Luis Ortiz next in December. However, Brixton’s heavyweight still has to make an announcement for his opponent and the date for a fight in December. Whyte is currently in negotiations for a fight against his British rival Dereck Chisora and now the Cuban boxer; Luis Ortiz as put himself forward for a fight with Whyte.
WBC president Sulaiman is currently considering the appeal by Whyte for his fight against Dominic Breazeal who is his mandatory challenger at the time but he is still happy and welcomes Whyte or a fight with Ortiz while the process of talks goes through.
Sulaiman told media that, “we welcome the Whyte vs. Ortiz for the final elimination of the second mandatory. I am certain of the fact that Dillian Whyte belongs to the number 1 position where he is currently ranked. As for Dominic Breazeal, he is a mandatory contender due to specific circumstances”.
On the other hand, Whyte questions WBC that why he has not received his mandatory fight against the WBC champion Deontay Wilder.
WBC is expected to give their final ruling about the mandatory status in coming few weeks. Still, Sulaiman is also determinant to give a blockbuster of a fight between the champion of Deontay vs. Fury fight and the champion Anthony Joshua.
Sulaiman said that after the matter of Whyte is decided we are going to look for a further more important precedent which is if it’s going to be a Joshua VS Wilder or Joshua VS Fury.
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